This is an analysis of A Ballad Of The Wailing Ghost by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
As I between the dusk and dark
Walked down by Hampton Towers,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdedefgfeeae chbhXiXibceXahfhgXXX dXfX
- Stanza lengths: 16,20,4,
- Metre: 11010111 1111010 11010101 0010010 11011101 010101 11110101 110001 11010111 010101 11010101 010101 111101101 011101 11110101 111101 01010111 010101 00110111 010101 11111101 0101010 111100101 0101010 11010101 111101 01110101 1111000 01010101 110001 11011111 010101 11111111 1101110 11111101 0101110 11011011 101101 01010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
her, '
Anaphora
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